Improvement in pocket-implements



I. C. COWLES.

POCKET-IMPLEMENT.

No. 171,997. Patent ed Jan.11,1876.

77it7zeasas: I 15 3 N-PETERS, FNOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

IRVING O. OOWLES, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-lMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part' of Letters Patent No. 17 1,997, datedJanuary 11, 1876; application filed March 13, 1875.

is the button-hook; A, the tooth-pick, and F an ear-spoon. E is thepivot which holds the parts together.

The object ofmy invention is to form a convenient implement for thepocket, and is constructed in the following manner: A cylindrical case,D, is formed of convenient length for the vest-pocket, and is slottedabout twothirds of its length. In this slotted case is pivoted abutton-hook, having a bifurcated shank andan interlyin g ear-spoon ortooth-pick. The pivot that holds the parts in place, and on which theyturn, is passed through near the slotted end of case, and near theslotted orbit'urcated end of the button-hook; thence through the inter]yin g ear-spoon or tooth-pick. The pivot is held in place by the springof the slotted cylinder. The whole is so arranged that eitherbutton-hook, ear-spoon, or toothpick can be turned in or out of caseseparate 1y, as either is desired for use.

I claim as my invention A pocket-implement, consisting of the slottedcylindrical case D, bifurcated button-hook 13, and interlying pivotedear-spoon or toothpick, the hook and spoon or pick adapted to be foldedin the case, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

IRVING O. COWLES. -Witnesses:

A. EXsTEIN,

JAS. S. PLUMB.

